Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS – Get Free Report) and Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Skyworks Solutions and Lattice Semiconductor’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Skyworks Solutions | 17.85% | 15.41% | 11.60% |
| Lattice Semiconductor | 30.26% | 23.39% | 19.34% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Skyworks Solutions and Lattice Semiconductor, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Skyworks Solutions | 3 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2.09 |
| Lattice Semiconductor | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2.92 |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Skyworks Solutions and Lattice Semiconductor”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Skyworks Solutions | $4.77 billion | 3.30 | $982.80 million | $4.85 | 20.31 |
| Lattice Semiconductor | $627.66 million | 10.87 | $259.06 million | $1.56 | 31.79 |
Skyworks Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Lattice Semiconductor. Skyworks Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lattice Semiconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
85.4% of Skyworks Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Lattice Semiconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Skyworks Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Lattice Semiconductor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility & Risk
Skyworks Solutions has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lattice Semiconductor has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lattice Semiconductor beats Skyworks Solutions on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Skyworks Solutions
Skyworks Solutions, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary semiconductor products in the United States, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the rest of Asia-Pacific. Its product portfolio includes amplifiers, antenna tuners, attenuators, automotive tuners and digital radios, DC/DC converters, demodulators, detectors, diodes, wireless analog system on chip products, directional couplers, diversity receive modules, filters, front-end modules, hybrids, light emitting diode drivers, low noise amplifiers, mixers, modulators, optocouplers/optoisolators, phase locked loops, phase shifters, power dividers/combiners, power over ethernet, power isolators, receivers, switches, synthesizers, timing devices, voltage controlled oscillators/synthesizers, and voltage regulators. The company products are the used in aerospace, automotive, broadband, cellular infrastructure, connected home, defense, entertainment and gaming, industrial, medical, military, smartphone, tablet, and wearable markets. It sells its products through direct sales force, electronic component distributors, and independent sales representatives. Skyworks Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1962 and is based in Irvine, California.
About Lattice Semiconductor
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops and sells semiconductor products in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The company offers field programmable gate arrays that consist of four product families, including the Lattice Certus and ECP, Mach, iCE, and CrossLink. It also provides video connectivity application specific standard products. In addition, the company licenses its technology portfolio through standard IP and IP core licensing, patent monetization, and IP services. It sells its products directly to customers, and indirectly through a network of independent manufacturers' representatives and independent distributors. The company primarily serves original equipment manufacturers in the communications and computing, consumer, and industrial, and automotive markets. Lattice Semiconductor Corporation was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon.
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